Design and Architecture of digital electronic systems [ LELEC2531 ]

No prerequisites

Identical to description

At the end of this course, the students will be able to:

• Understand how the digital circuits (combinational circuits, sequential circuits) work
• Understand the architecture of programmable circuits (FPGA)
• Synthesize and simulate digital circuits in a language such as Verilog or VHDL
• Understand the architecture of a RISC processor
• Use and program a microcontroller
• Understand and implement a digital electronic system

The evaluation is based on the work during the semester and a written examination on the theoretical part of the course.

• Learning is based on courses with compulsory homework.
• Each student has at his disposal during the semester an electronic system comprising an FPGA (Altera Cyclone IV) and and PIC32 microcontroller from Microchip.
• This course is closely linked to the project LELEC2103: Electronic System

• Combinational logic
• Sequential logic
• Implementation technology
• Simulation language and Verilog synthesis
• Main logic circuits: arithmetic circuits, memories, programmable circuits
• Architecture and microarchitecture of a RISC processor
• Memories (caches, ...)
• Architecture of microcontrollers
• Peripherals and main communication systems

Digital Design and Computer Architecture - David Money Harris @ Sarah L. Harris - 2007, Elsevier